Day 1

I have some favorites here, but some sessions have stronger competition than others.

10:15

Michael Feathers

Seven Blind Alleys in Software Design

11:30

Michael Feathers

Working Effectively with the Legacy Code: Taming the Wild Code Base

13:30

Jeremy D. Miller

Lessons Learned from a Long Lived Codebase

14:45

Udi Dahan

Designing High Performance, Persistent Domain Models

16:00

Udi Dahan

Intentions and Interfaces – Making Patterns Complete

17:15

Michael Feathers

Design Sense Deep Lessons in Software Design

Day 2

I have intentionally left a couple of spots blank, ‘cause I can’t make up my mind. And unfortunately it has more to do with lack of topics in those particular slots than the opposite.

09:10

Peter Provost

The Butterfly Effect

10:15

11:30

Ted Neward

Extend the Customization Possibilities of your .NET App with Script

13:30

Robert C. Martin

Clean Code: Functions

14:45

Ayende Rahien

Object Relational Mapping +=2: More than just Data <-> Object

16:00

17:15

Robert C. Martin

Clean Practice: Agility and Craftsmanship

Day 3

Even though this has some of the most interesting talks, I can live with seeing them later on video. I just don’t want to miss an opportunity to sharpen my saw with Scott Bellware.

Concluding thoughts

Moltke said “No battle plan survives contact with the enemy”. If I rephrase it just a little to “No plan survives contact with reality”, it will properly relay my feelings about my plan on this occasion.

There will probably changes in the official agenda, and I might be infatuated with a speaker or two during the conference. Looking at my list, I sway in the direction of technology-agnostic topics. That sounds about right.